Welcome to Sydney’s new Central Station-Media Tour
Transport Minister Haylen stood up with Sydney Metro Chief Executive Peter Regan at 10:45 today to discuss the opening of Central Walk.
*Welcome Speech Transcript (recorded from Otter Audio File) by NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen to Journalists to discuss the opening of Central Walk at Sydney Central Station
“Sydney central overall is the busiest railway station in Australia and up to 200,000 people a day come through here through this new entrance to the north south concourse here in the central wall, with the vast majority of those people transferring through here,.. either walking through actually connected to the other stations or the levels of the escalators to those platforms.
“So it will be the absolute beating heart of the transport network here. And the metro station will be a key part of that when that opens next.”
“I am here with Peter Regan from Sydney Metro,.. and I know that visitors to this new part of Sydney are going to be as surprised and as impressed as we are.”
” This is now a global, magnificent asset for our city, a Grand Central Station fit for a global city like Sydney, passengers will enjoy not only they do big and airy spaces, but the access that it provides, or they will be able to come down from the Old Central through the passage behind me and then access all of the Sydney trains platforms using a lift or an escalator, to travel where they need to go.”
“This will be a part of Sydney’s great assets that people will come and visit Sydney siders and visitors across the world will come to see Sydney Grand Central, not just if they want to catch a train, but to enjoy this magnificent new space.:””
“This is a grand central station now fit for a great local city. “It is also an enhancement to the heritage of Sydney Central Station.
“In fact,…. Sydneysiders will love the continuation of the sandstone as well as the light and new grand spaces here that they can enjoy. A restoration of the Heritage section of Central is underway and will only enhance this great part of our public transport network, not just for those who want to catch a train, but also to enjoy this magnificent new space. Cities around the world like New York have a Grand Central Station are replays that people visit not just if they want to catch a train, but to have an experience in that city. It captures the public’s imagination. This new Sydney central will do the same.”
Do you guys have any questions?
Commuters use the newly opened North-South Concourse at Central Station for the first time on Monday, May 29, 2023, as Sydney Metro’s multi-billion-dollar City & Southwest project reaches yet another milestone.The North-South Concourse, built above platforms for the metro line, is part of Laing O’Rourke’s contract to transform and revitalise Central Station, Australia’s busiest commuter hub.
Sydney Metro services are set to start at Central Station in 2024 with demand at the station predicted to double in the next decade.
The City & Southwest project will extend metro services from the end of the Northwest line at Chatswood on the North Shore, to Bankstown in the south-west via the Sydney CBD.
“Sydney central overall is the busiest railway station in Australia and up to 200,000 people a day come through here through this new entrance to the north south concourse here in the central wall, vast majority those people who will transfer through here either walking through actually connected to the other stations or the levers of the escalator those platforms.”
Commuters use the newly opened North-South Concourse at Central Station for the first time on Monday, May 29, 2023, as Sydney Metro’s multi-billion-dollar City & Southwest project reaches yet another milestone.The North-South Concourse, built above platforms for the metro line, is part of Laing O’Rourke’s contract to transform and revitalise Central Station, Australia’s busiest commuter hub.
Sydney Metro services are set to start at Central Station in 2024 with demand at the station predicted to double in the next decade. The City & Southwest project will extend metro services from the end of the Northwest line at Chatswood on the North Shore, to Bankstown in the south-west via the Sydney CBD.
Commuters use the newly opened North-South Concourse at Central Station for the first time on Monday, May 29, 2023, as Sydney Metro’s multi-billion-dollar City & Southwest project reaches yet another milestone.The North-South Concourse, built above platforms for the metro line, is part of Laing O’Rourke’s contract to transform and revitalise Central Station, Australia’s busiest commuter hub.
Sydney Metro services are set to start at Central Station in 2024 with demand at the station predicted to double in the next decade. The City & Southwest project will extend metro services from the end of the Northwest line at Chatswood on the North Shore, to Bankstown in the south-west via the Sydney CBD.
“One of the advantages of building each of the metro lines independently is that we get to ensure that we have the best technology for each line, and that they can operate in a manner where the focus is on enabling passengers to interchange between those lines but really effective interchanges, like the insurance we have the central station, rather than just persisting with one technology over assets that have a very long life.”
“Because it does add to the change the ability to do Sorry. Just maintain the trains if you’ve got the multiple systems going or is it much much the same.”
“So each each metro line and the trains on those lines are maintained by the operator of that line. And the maintenance is specific to those trains but overall, having that integrated nature of the trains and the signalling and the weights to maintain for each line, increase the reliability the network overall.”
“Thanks, everyone.”
